#it's not that subtle it's just artsy

[surumarssi]

I finally tried watching skinamarink now that nobody is talking about it anymore. I think it's about how suburban single-family houses are inhospitable

[spittingstar]

i live in the sphere of style where everyone strives for the best normal ass outfit

[hardwriterdeluxe]

Economic Hockey Boys

In a small, conservative town, Alex's life was about to take an unexpected turn. He was an outsider, a creative soul who had always felt like he didn't quite belong. His colorful and artsy presentation was a stark contrast to the traditional masculinity that dominated his school, especially in the language class he shared with a group of stereotypical boys.

One of these boys was Max, a tall, athletic, and incredibly attractive member of the local hockey team. Max was the embodiment of the masculine ideal, with his chiseled jawline, strong physique, and a confident charm that made him popular among the girls and respected by the boys. Little did Alex know, but he had developed a crush on Max from the moment he saw him.

Their shared language class had been a source of both excitement and anxiety for Alex. Excitement because it allowed him to explore a new subject, but anxiety because it meant spending more time around the boys he secretly admired. Max, in particular, had caught his attention.

One day, their language teacher assigned a group project, and “fate”intervened to bring Alex and Max together. Before the lesson Max and the boys had requested to be paired in this group. They found themselves in a small group along with a few other students, working on a project that required them to sit closely together in a small group room.

As they settled in to work on the project, Alex couldn't help but feel nervous sitting next to Max. His heart raced, and his palms grew sweaty. Max, perhaps sensing Alex's unease, turned to him with a friendly smile. "Hey, Alex, don't be nervous. We got this," Max said, his voice smooth as honey.

Little did Alex know, Max had a plan of his own. He subtly flexed his arm, causing a bead of sweat to glisten on his bicep. Then, as if by accident, he raised his arm to reach for a pen, allowing his armpit to come tantalizingly close to Alex's face.

Alex's heart skipped a beat as he inhaled Max's intoxicating scent. He was oblivious to the fact that Max was intentionally using this opportunity to get closer to him, to make his presence known, and to send Alex's heart racing.

But the other boys in the group knew exactly what Max was doing. They exchanged knowing glances and stifled their laughter as they watched Alex struggle to maintain his composure.

As the project continued, Alex found it increasingly difficult to concentrate. Max's proximity, his scent, and the subtle but deliberate physical contact left Alex feeling dizzy with desire. Little did he know that this was just the beginning.

At the end of the lesson, Alex was dizzy and could not focus on anything but the smell. Originally, he was supposed to have an art lesson after the language lesson, but because of his foggy brain, he didn't think twice when he got the offer from the other boys. Max and the boys asked Alex if he wanted to tag along for their scheduled hockey practice. The team had made up with the school so that the members of the hockey team could practice during school hours.

Alex said yes, of course, and walked with them to the hockey arena, still dizzy but not as much. Alex's attire was a funny clash with the other boys' clean sporty look. Since Alex wore artsy and flamboyant clothes, he looked like a disco ball next to the conforming boys.

As the group and Alex finally arrived at the hockey arena, Alex started to question the situation a little bit more. Firstly, he knew nothing about sports or hockey, and he didn't even have any gear. Secondly, he was a skinny twig, not like Max, a Greek god. But he didn’t question it since he wouldn't be playing anyways

Max continued to be friendly with Alex and made Alex follow him and the boys to the locker room. In the locker room, the boys exchanged knowingly smug looks and waited for the action to begin.

They were tired of having to share their class with a walking pride flag and couldn't wait for Alex to become the extra resource they were missing on the team and in their bro-group. Max and the boys started undressing at their stations while Alex just stood there and started smelling the tasty air. Of course, a sweaty locker room filled with gear from matches played by hormone-filled 18+ boys would smell.

The boys had changed into their hockey attire and counted on Alex to poke around their "leftover" stuff. Just as they knew that when they left for practice and left Alex intoxicated by the air, Alex would start sniffing the leftover stuff and start his transformation.

Alex went from locker to locker and bench to bench, burying his face in socks and jocks, to jerseys and gloves. He got so hard he finally caved in and started to undress. All the leftover stuff he would put on to be one of the boys, the boys he envied and crushed on.

Firstly, Alex put on the used jock and felt so hot. He followed that up by covering his dainty feet in the big socks. He continued to dress up with the pants and put on the "gigantic" skates that were yellow from all the wear and tear. These definitely belonged to a player that used his full potential.

After he had laced up the skates, he put on the shin pads and the large shoulder pads. He continued to gear up with his elbow pads and his slash guards. Finally, he could put on the team-repping jersey that currently displayed a random number and name. He put on the helmet, hiding his blush-red face, and sealed off his hands with the large gloves.

Alex went over to the locker room mirror to see a pathetic boy in baggy gear. Just as Alex had the sad thought that this was stupid and that he needed to hurry before the others found him, he felt a tingle.

It first started in his feet where the once baggy socks and big skates soon filled out with rough, manly feet that had the skate methods in them. This was followed by his small legs growing larger, his calves exploded from the practices they had been through, and the changes just kept going up. His thighs became big and well-trained.

Alex's torso cramped before its fat disappeared, leaving rock-hard abs and a mesmerizingly good physique. Alex's once nonexistent pecs quickly hardened, and he started to fill in the gear well. The once large jersey, pants, and guards now fitted him perfectly, protecting him at all costs. Next up were his twig arms contrasting his currently good build. Alex's arms exploded with muscles, and you could see that he was clearly right-handed since he had used that hand for the hockey stick. The changes tracked to Alex's hands that juiced out, hands became hard and full of energy.

The changes took Alex's back and made a landscape of muscles, made his nether region grow and fill out the now small jock cup, and made his flat ass round up from all the practices in the sport.

Last but not least was Alex's average face. His rounded jaw became as sharp as a knife, emitting the peak of masculinity. Alex's nose bridge became broken and healed in an instant, caused by all the sport injuries. Alex's eyes narrowed and became focused and quick. Alex's once playful hair straightened into a simple middle part just like the rest of the boys. Lastly, in the transformation, the musk from all the "forgotten" clothes was absorbed by Alex, and this made him finally conform now that his brain was changed.

He wasn't Alex the artsy freak; he was a hockey bro, a confident chick magnet with a killer body. He was Alex the economic dude who always reeked from his pits.

The real world conformed to these changes, and gone was the old Alex. With this, the jersey he wore changed into Alex Benson and his number.

The team came back from practice, not knowing the old Alex, just the new. The only one who knew was Max.

 "Alex, bro, let's change after practice; you stink, dude. 

Hehe, bro, I went all out on the ice, you know me."

No more were Alex's old clothes. Instead, before him in his "new" locker, laid gray sweatpants, a fresh hockey hoodie, a black cap, a chain, and his shoes and socks—the attire of a real man.

Part 2: https://hardwriterdeluxe.tumblr.com/post/755751660684443648/part-two-the-gradual-takeover

[cieloclercs]

what would you say (if i told you i love you)? — charles leclerc

PART: 1/?

summary. in which childhood best friends blur the lines between what they’ve always known, and something more

warnings. swearing, reader and charles are oblivious idiots but they’re cute so it’s ok, ending is annoyingly abrupt (sorry)

pairings. charles leclerc x artsy!reader

face claim. tara michelle

author’s note: so this is a multi-part social media fic inspired by this ask that i’ve been working on for a while. as always, all media and pictures used in this belongs to the original creators. hope you guys enjoy! ps, all i really know about art is what i learned in my gcse class (and my teacher was awful) so if i use any incorrect terminology at any point in this series i’m so sorry! i’m trying my best 🫶

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➜ part 2

[bonefall]

Hey! Are you ok with people tagging you in fanart they do/making fanart of your rewrite? Your Crookedstar rewrite has me in SHAMBLES and I need to make fanart for it like. Right now

I'm more than ok with it! I try to collect it as I get it over here on this post, which is also linked on my pinned. You should also check out the TVTropes page that @halogenwarrior maintains, I look at it myself time to time because she updates it pretty frequently and I like learning about tropes that way lmao

You can also feel free to ping me as you please on whatever thing you're making that I inspired! That thing on my pinned post asking people to not ping me on OTHER people's posts refers to people going to the personal works of others and making comparisons, asking me questions about my au in other people's replies, etc. Stuff that wasn't considerate to the OP.

All of BB's concepts are free to use and change as you'd like! Credit's not necessary, but I do like seeing what people are up to.

I only ask that you do not steal drawn art to pass off as your own, as I have collaborators you need to be respectful of, and would also personally like to consider doing commissions or adopts at some point. I don't want any mishaps about people thinking those would be free to use.

ALSO BONUS APPLEKIN MARKING SYMBOLISM:

I stopped writing the draft where I did because I had written a lot and had wanted to share at that point, but with the new update on BB!Oakheart being BB!Crookedstar's adopted brother I've already accounted for the apple-leaf-shaped markings that are on his eyes.

("Applekin" cats come with these very subtle eye markings that aren't particularly noticed in-universe, as an artsy visual sign of them all being part of a family. They're going to show up on everyone from BB!Appledusk all the way down to BB!Frostpaw.

You can see them okish on this chibi I did of Silverstream, but unfortunately last time I drew Oakheart he was dadly weaning sunglasses so they're not visible. Here is a picture of the crabapple leaf it's supposed to look like)

They begin to develop the moment that Crookedstar betrays Mapleshade. Slowly, subtly, over the course of moons. So slowly that no one seems to notice it except Crookedstar.

At first, he thinks he's just crazy. Worrying too much, seeing things that aren't there. But his brother's previously creamy eyerims start to sharpen. At the back corner, a streak lines the lashes back. The smooth edges of the color spike, as if needle-sharp trout teeth are carefully being planted, one prickle, one week at a time.

No one else seems to notice it but him. But he gets the message. Mapleshade "gave" him this family-- and she wants him to know she's going to take it away, too.

So please, feel free to do with that as you will~

[inbarfink]

The deaths of all the Finch kids are really so unbearably tragic. It really speaks to the quality of the writing and storytelling in ‘What Remains’. They’re written as so vivid and human and real, but also so many of them died so young. They were children, it’s so much harder for me to do the whole ‘well, let’s appreciate the life they did have’ thing when the majority of them didn’t even have a chance to become the people they could have become. And yet the image of who they could’ve been if they survived is so vivid in my mind. 

Edith had that line about how she always imagined Molly as a girl she could be good friends with. Obviously if she didn’t die back in 1947 they wouldn’t really be at the same age group, but she’d be one hell of a Cool Aunt. I can only imagine her Weird Girl tendencies would’ve only grown stronger and stronger with age. Considering her fascination with animals, maybe she would’ve gone to study Zoology or Biology when she grew older? And since she was dissecting a sea star just before her canon death…

Sadly, I’m not sure if Barbara would’ve been able to resurrect her acting career. But there’s some subtle hints in her room that in reality she was more willing to move past it compared to her fictionalized version in that horror comic (which can’t be easy when you live in a room your dad themed entirely around your child-star years THANKS SVEN). That ‘horror convention’ seems to be an invention of the comic, Barbara’s actual room has a flier for a ‘Witch’s Ball’ at Orcas Island High School and a dress ready for it. 

Barbara Finch didn’t actually spend her last day on earth hopelessly trying to revive her dead career, she was hoping to have a fun Halloween party like a regular teenager. Maybe the fact that it was hosted by the Orcas Island High School Drama Club implies she still had an interest in acting and theatre. Maybe she could’ve ended up as a classically trained actress with the child-stardom as just a fun quirk of her past? Or maybe she just wanted to take part in the Witches Ball because she likes Spooky Things? And she could have found her way back into the Horror Scene in a different way, like being a writer or costume designer or something?

Maybe Calvin could’ve become an Astronaut like he always wanted? But I think Calvin might’ve been more enthralled with the fantasy of science fiction than the reality of space travel. I’m thinking a lot about how Sam described Clavin in Gregory’s memoriam as ‘lost in his imagination’. Maybe he could’ve become a science fiction writer or something?

Walter didn’t technically die young, but he still certainly lost most of his years to the Curse. Like, a big thing about the tragedy of Walter to me is realizing his original childhood bedroom was themed after “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and trains. 

Lil’ Walter did have an interest in adventure and travel, before his fears took it all away from him. If it wasn’t for the Curse, Walter could’ve actually something with it. Maybe he could’ve traveled around a bit and written about his experiences.

Lewis would’ve probably gone into game design. It’s not just how his fantasies manifest to us the players, but you can actually find books about game design and coding in his room. It seems that the problem was that his crappy job and his depression took away any opportunity he might have had to actually pursue this idea. Maybe if Milton never left, these three Finch siblings could’ve combined their creative skills together to make like, a very cool artsy game.

Speaking of which… man, Edith’s death stings the most because we got to know her far better than anyone else. And it’s not even the fact that she never got to share her all of her thoughts and creativity with the wider world that makes me the saddest. Getting to the end of the game and hearing just how much she was looking forwards to be with her son - even with all the hardships of being a teen mom, she was really looking forwards to it. To meet him, to share her stories with him. But instead, that worn old diary is the only connection between them...

And that’s like… part of what’s so great about WRoEF’s use of its own format. Like, the faux-interactive linearity of the Narrative Exploration/‘Walking Simulator’ is so perfect for selling this tragedy. The way each Death Flashback only moves forwards based on the actions of the Player, but it always moves on the same unchanging doomed path - really highlights both how stupidly preventable so many of these deaths feel and really make the Player wish there was a way to change them. After all, all they need is for Calvin to not swing so hard, for Gregory’s faucet to not turn back on, for Walter to not stand directly on those train tracks and everything would’ve been fine. But at the same time it’s so, so clear to the Player that this is an impossible wish. There is no other way these sequences can go - these deaths have already been written. The most you can you is linger, all you can do is delay the inevitable. 

But it hurts.

[m0cktails]

hello!! first let me say im obsessed with your kerry art!!and you play death stranding!??🥺❤️and i hope this is okay to ask. how do you achieve that painterly look on your works? it looks so good- nice textures but also very subtle. i’m curious. do you paint traditionally as well? xx

Hey there! Thank you so much 💖 DS was such a "right place, right time" game, I'm not even sad I discovered it so late (only like... three months ago?). It isn't showing, but there might be a mild obsession going on, haha.

...probably not the wisest choice for a PC player. Re: traditional art, the only medium I'm somewhat proficient with are pencils, I don't have the patience for learning how to handle real paint. Though if that's something you're interested in, this channel can't be recommended enough. A lot of advice offered can also be applied to digital art (any kind of art, really), and how to make it look more "traditional" and "painterly".

Speaking of which. Step one: you might want to follow the "traditional" process and stay away from special effects and creating too many layers. Step two... Textures. The problem with digital brushes is that the marks they leave are uniform, while real paint never sticks to the canvas the same way twice, allowing for many happy accidents. The solution is to create an artificial chaos by layering brush strokes with different textured brushes (or just one, depending on what you're aiming for or feel most comfortable with). Here's what it looks like at the INSANITY skill level.

Oh, and last, but not least. You might want to avoid relying on lines too much (something I'm struggling with, hah) and vary the edges instead. Hard/soft/vanishing where appropriate. The more edge variety you add to a digital work, the more artsy and painterly it will look. And I honestly can't get enough of the already mentioned Yizheng Ke's artwork in this regard as well.

(Lol. Just noticed the process in the video imitates charcoal and not paint, but, you know. The principle is the same)

[f4irys4n]

don’t ignore me.

choi yeonjun x neutral! reader

tags gender neutral language. academic rivals (they don't hate each other, they're just competitive). reader and yeonjun tease each other. reader likes yeonjun. yeonjun is in denial but also likes reader. artsy! yeonjun. oblivious yeonjun. suggestive dreams. upset reader. crying. subtle confrontation. light angst. kissing. subtle groping.

wc 2.2k

muffled conversations spread through the hallways as you walk through them, history books in your hand, making your way to class. your cheeks heated slightly, remembering this was the lesson that you sat next to yeonjun. as little as you like to admit it, you do have a little crush on yeonjun, but you would never tell anyone that; to anyone else, he's purely you're academic rival.

you felt someone push into your back. "hey loser!" a familiar voice spoke from behind you, one of his arm wrapping around your shoulder. speak of the devil.

"hey yeonjun," you draw out, looking up at the taller figure, trying your best not to smile from seeing him. "oh how excited i am to sit next to this really annoying boy in my next class?" you tease.

"oh, me too. it's going to be amazing sitting next to this whiny person in the very class I'm heading to now," yeonjun hums, grinning down at you.

"whiny?" you ask, arching up your eyebrow.

"oh yeah... super whiny, they go on and on about how boring the class is and how they'd love to be doing something else," yeonjun furthers, rolling his eyes a little.

"you're an ass," you chuckle to him, punching his arm lightly.

"oh.. so if i'm an ass, what are you, darling?" yeonjun smirks slightly.

"the closest thing to perfect you'll ever meet," you smirk back, before stepping through the doorway of your history class.

"cocky much," yeonjun teases gently.

"learnt from the best," you reply you grin back at him.

"yeonjun, y/n, stop flirting and pay attention please," the teacher snaps, causing the class to giggle at her comment making both of your cheeks flush a light shade of red.

"flirting? they wish," yeonjun chuckles out loud.

"you wish, more like," you snigger, side-eyeing him before paying attention to the notes on the class board.

yeonjun's mind wandered, starting to doodle on the page of his textbook that he'd barely written on throughout the entirety of the lesson. before he even had time to notice, he had scribbled a detailed picture of you on the corner of his paper. his eyes widened and he quickly ripped it out, scrunching it up in a ball before you had time to see it.

"what was that?" you ask, trying to spy on what he'd been drawing.

"nothing.. just some stupid doodles," he mutters, pushing the piece of paper into his bag.

"you probably were drawing some boobs or something childish like that," you chuckle playfully.

"i'm not a 12-year-old boy," yeonjun scoffed jokingly, rolling his eyes at your comment.

"are you sure about that?" you hum, sniggering to yourself before making note of what was being said about whatever historical event was being discussed at the moment.

that same night, yeonjun opens his scrapbook to flick through the pages of all his drawings before his eyes land on a blank page. he had a strange feeling in his heart but he really couldn't place what it was, so the only thing he knew to do was to draw his feelings so he could understand them.

his pencil touched his paper, and his imagination took way; the grey spreading across the slightly off-shade white paper to create the imagery yeonjun was picturing in his mind.

after a few moments, he groaned, realising what he'd drawn. you.

why were you so stuck in his head? why was his thoughts so fixated on you? he was truly struggling to understand why you were so prominent in his mind, and this only frustrated him further; it frustrated him that he couldn't understand what these feelings even were.

he slams the book closed, chucking it onto the desk beside his bed before falling onto his bed. he huffed a little, running his hand through his hair, trying to solve the puzzles within his mind.

eventually, the boy fell asleep, slipping into his dream world.

and again, he saw you. you were both in his room, and after seconds of paused staring, he watched himself launch himself at you. cupping your face and pulling your lips towards his, passionately moving them against each other as your arms wrapped around him in a warm embrace. yeonjun's hands wandered further down as the kiss heated up, his palms settling on the curve of your ass.

and with that, yeonjun woke up, his breath heavy and forehead dotted with sweat. what the fuck was that? why would he ever dream of that?

he felt his heart quicken and stomach tingle slightly. he'd never seen you in such a way, you were just his friend who rivalled him for the title of 'best in the class' not someone he viewed as a romantic interest. this feeling towards you was completely new, and it confused him greatly.

you hadn't seen yeonjun all day and it honestly upset you. usually, he was the first person you spoke to in the morning, besides your roomie. but today was different, the boy was nowhere to be seen and it through you off.

you looked at your timetable and smiled; history; the very lesson yeonjun always sat next to you in. you hurried to class, moving your legs fast, eager to see him.

as you walked into the class you frowned. yeonjun was already there, seated and ready for the lesson to start, but he wasn't sat in his usual place. he had willingly chosen to sit next to eunha, his ex, the girl he often bitches about saying he could never trust her again and that he firmly believes she only used him for his popularity.

it stung. like a knife to the heart.

why would he choose to sit away from you? you had sat next to each other for years now, what had suddenly changed?

your mind went frantic. had you done something? you retraced all your interactions from the days prior, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, he was completely fine with you when you had said goodnight to each other. what could have possibly changed in the space of 12-ish hours?

your gaze was locked on him for a few seconds, and he hadn't even bothered to look up at you. but little did you know, he knew you were there, and once you turned away his gaze was burning into you just as yours was with him.

all lesson your focus was gone, nothing the teacher said was going through, it was all mindless chatter to you now. you quickly stood up, gathering your things quickly.

"i'm sorry, miss, i've got to go," you say frantically before exiting the room, ignoring her calling your name and asking what's wrong.

after a few moments, yeonjun jumped up and followed you, unsure over what was wrong; not realising his absence hurt you this much. but by the time he'd left the room, he couldn't see you, you'd gone.

"mr. choi, will you please sit down," the teacher scolds, prompting him with her finger.

today had just felt like a little too much.

you were staring at yeonjun's contact name and the texts between you both, wondering whether you should bite the bullet and message him, or leave him be; he made it obvious that he didn't want to speak to you in your eyes.

suddenly you jumped off your bed, determined to figure out why yeonjun was blanking you. you were sure you hadn't done anything wrong, but if you had, it'd also give you the opportunity to apologise and hopefully sort things out.

yeonjun sat on his bed, scrolling through his phone aimlessly, his eye landing on a picture you'd posted on Instagram a few days prior. he found himself smiling at the sight of you before clicking on your profile to fill his worried mind with happy thoughts for just a moment.

that was until he was interrupted by a knock on the door, causing him to quickly lock his phone and throw it to the side of him.

it was almost 11pm, who could this be?

he steps barefoot on the cold laminate floor, slowly making his way to the door to open it. he gasped quietly as he saw your face staring up at him, all teary-eyed and lacking the normal look of hope in your eyes.

"y/n?" he asks quietly "how did you get past the hall guard? come in, you'll get us caught," he continued, ushering you into his room quickly.

"really? that's all you have to say to me after ignoring me for an entire," you hum "why haven't you talked to me all day? and why did you deliberately choose to sit next to eunha today in history?" you say causing yeonjun to frown slightly, he didn't think his actions would have upset you this much.

"oh.. i didn't think it would have been this serious," yeonjun replies, pretending to not be bothered and pushing the situation to the side.

"not that serious?" you chuckle "we've been friends and playful rivals since we both started school, and now you just randomly ignore me. not to mention sit next to your ex-girlfriend in the lesson we always sit next to each other in, it's like out thing; to be the funny duo in that class."

"can i not sit next to whoever i want now? maybe i wanted a change," yeonjun scoffed a little, running his hands through his hair.

"that's not what i said, yeonjun. and you know it's not."

"then why are you acting like we're together and that-" and that's when he stopped himself, seeing your eyes well up. he'd spent the entire day ignoring you, too scared about the newly developed feelings he had for you, thinking that they'd eventually go away if he stayed clear of you for a short while. but seeing you in so much pain from just not talking to you for a day honestly hurt him, did he really mean this much to you?

"look.. i'm sorry for ignoring you," yeonjun sighs, eyes focused on the small tear that made its way down your reddened cheek. "i just didn't think sitting next to eunha would be that much of a problem."

"did you.. after everything that happened between you two? after me having to watch it tear you apart and taking care of you for weeks after the breakup, did you really think it wouldn't at least annoy me a little bit?"

"i never asked you to look after me," yeonjun mumbled back.

"but i did.. i did it because i like you and i couldn't bare to see you that upset! i always tried my goddamn best to cheer you up, to take your mind off things until you eventually got over her because it really upset me to see you this down about your entire life. and after so long, i really thought you might have at least picked up on my feelings or have even felt the same way, possibly. so forgive me if seeing that today threw me off a little. i've always tried to be a good friend and i've wanted you to notice me for so long-"

you take a deep breath, realising you had said way too much, a lot more than you expected to. you never meant for him to know about your feelings and you were mentally cursing yourself for not knowing when to shut your mouth.

yeonjun stares at you for a few moments. silence falls between the both of you. "i- i think im just gonna go.. i'll see myself out," you mumble, trying to step away from the situation until yeonjun moved in front of you and cups your face.

it took you a while to register his soft lips pressing against yours, his thumb gently brushing back and forth over your damp cheek.

"i like you too.." yeonjun whispers against your lips, before pressing them against his once again, his hands travelling down to cup your ass softly. "i like you so much."

he pulls away slowly, beginning to realise that this was almost identical do his dream that had caused him to ignore you in the first place. this caused him to chuckle slightly, confusing you.

"i dreamt about something like this last night.. well kinda," he hums "that's why i ignored you because liking you more than a friend felt so unfamiliar and it panicked me.. i thought it'd go away if i ignored you, but it obviously brought us closer than we were before," he giggles a little, holding the small of your back.

"you ignored me.. because of a dream?" you ask, dumbfounded.

"well yeah..." yeonjun trailed off.

"did you ever just consider telling me how you felt instead of trying to ignore the feelings?" you ask, chuckling at him. "damn.. you really do have attachment issues," you joke teasingly.

"i mean.. what can i say? they're one of my most enduring qualities."

[lyramundana]

Just gonna leave this here🤭🤭

Also, I know this is more of a casual he's-hot-down-to-his-bones typa thing and it's effortless for him but just imagine:

Nude model lino posing for our lil artsy mc and ignoring all the other artists, just looking at her with the most intense fuck me eyes possible (bonus points if it's an erotic art class and hannie joins in as lino's partner 🤭🤭)

(Besides the horny thoughts, hav a nice day bae, eat good food and drink crisp water and cuddle with eepy bbys)

Indeed. Looking hot is like breathing to Minho: He does it without even realizing, like a subconscious habit😵🔥

Nude model lino posing for our lil artsy mc and ignoring all the other artists, just looking at her with the most intense fuck me eyes possible

OMG, he probaby doesn't offer himself up usually for that stuff, but when he knew she was going to participate, he had to be there. He couldn't stand the thought of her watching and painting other naked dudes, what if she suddenly felt attracted to one of them? Not a chance. He decided to go and show her he's the perfect muse.

He's not even subtle about it. He sits right where she is, to give her the best angle, and completely ignore everyone else. He doesn't listen to other artists' orders or suggestions, and makes sure to outshine the other models for the MC. He can't drop his eyes of her figure. Her concentrated expression, her precise hands, her confidence, her deep eyes seizing every trace of his exposed skin to get the best pose. He feels vulnerable and desirable under her gaze, and he loves it.

Bonus points: Jisung would be eager to join like the exhibionist/voyeur baby he is. Having a bunch of people, one of them his crush, watching his naked body and painting him? That's his fucking dream, your honour. He's going with or without Minho (but he's happier with Minho there).

While Minho struggles to follow orders, Jisung is enjoyinh every second. Posing however they ask him to, running around for whoever artist requires him, enhancing the parts of his body people prefer, etc. But of course, he always returns to his two loves, never staying too long from them. He sits on top of Minho, grinding softly against him with a thin sheet covering only their most private parts, to give a sense of tense mystery and sensuality to it. They share a messy, hungry kiss, and undoubtly beat every single model there (obviously duh). And later, as a reward for their splendid job, our MC offers them a special painting session with their own bodies serving as canvas...

My wifeys: @channieandhisgoonsquad @2chopsticks2eyes @moonlightndaydreams @skzms @hyunsvngs @noellllslut @queenmea604 @thightswideforhanin @linlinaert @minsungisvreal

[absolutebl]

10 High Quality & Cinematic BLs

Ones that are very well made with a tight narrative and no cringey dialogue. For example: Old Fashion Cupcake or His. Japan knows what tf it’s doing, okay? You don’t come from a tradition that gave us Kurosawa and fail at broad scope cinematography. 

High Quality & Cinematic BLs + Comfort & Joy 

These are the ones that I love even though they’re artsy, but they also end happily and didn’t hurt me too much.

1. Old Fashion Cupcake 

(Japan 2022 Viki)

This show had me from the moment they broke the egg yolk with the chopsticks in the opening credits for episode one. It’s about a younger man with a long cherished crush on his boss (ten years older and going through a mid life crisis) who decides to save and seduce said man with pancakes. It’s wholesome, comforting, sexy, and a very necessary narrative about still having hope, interests, and openness to affection at any age. It’s coming of age/queerness packaged in a subtle critique of expectations around masculinity and love and loneliness... and it’s beautiful. Full review.

2. Restart After Come Back Home 

AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de (Japan 2020 grey)

Atmospheric study in rural Japan meets complex family dynamics built on a romance framework of city boy meets country boy. It’s beautiful and icy sweet. Slow moving in places but ultimately worth your patience. Full review here.

3. Life: Love on the Line 

AKA Life Senjou no Bokura (Japan 2020 Viki) 

This is a beautiful movie and a good BL, if a bit adult and gut wrenching at times. Goes through young love, break up, and reunion - but it’s actually a saga of self acceptance. You want the director’s cut. Like His, LLOTL is an exploration of suppression and the limits we impose on ourselves when we’re dishonest about who we love. In high school, serious and self contained Ito fell in love with Nishi, the manic pixie dream boy of the dream he didn’t know he had. Nishi, emotionally and mentally fragile, struggled to fit into the world. Ito, however, found it all too easy, except for the whole - ya know - gay thing. This movie is about Ito’s willingness to sacrifice not just himself but his love (and even Nishi himself) to social and familial expectations and the misery that results. It has a hard fought happy ending that then follows them through the rest of their lives in a (slightly unnecessary but welcome) epilogue montage.

4. A Tale of Thousand Stars 

(Thai 2021 GMMTV YouTube)

With great casting and cinematography this drama nods at BL tropes but manages to elevate them (and itself) with a strong mature story concept about a spoiled rich kid who gets a heart transplant and becomes a teacher it order to pay out survivor’s guilt. On the way he falls in love with a local park ranger and contends with his own classism and escapist tendencies. Everyone seemed to perfectly suit their roles and GMMTV made the most out of its stable. Combined with excellent production (and post production) values, 1000 Stars is without question GMMTV’s most mature, charming, and smart BL series. I think it should go down as one of the top BLs of all time. I feel safe recommending this one to friends and non BL watchers.

High Quality & Cinematic BLs + Work & Angst 

These are ones that I watched but were really difficult for me for personal reasons. Some may not have happy endings. I tend to call these moody arthouse smackdoodle. They like to pretend that "ambiguous" is somehow unique and special rather than bog standard commonplace for narratives of this type. Hold onto your psyche, these dramas will test you. But they very well done. 

5. His the movie 

(Japan 2020 Viki)

His is about being a grown adult and still struggling with coming out as gay. It addresses the consequences of life choices disingenuous to identity. Nagisa turns up on Shun’s doorstep with his precocious daughter in tow. This is a touch confusing to Shun since they were each others first love. Shun has retreated from society, rejecting the world before it can reject him, already brokenhearted because without Nagisa he never had a reason to fight. Nagisa went the opposite way, tried to pretend to be something he was not and ended up with a daughter he adores and a wife who hates him. This movie is beautiful and the setting is unique and interesting but I'm not wild about the ending.

6. I Told Sunset About You 

(Thai 2020 grey) 

I don’t have a ton to say about ITSAY because I’ve never managed to finished it. This one was too close to my own queer journey and it seriously messed with my head about 2/3 of the way through, so I stopped watching to protect myself. However, I can tell you that the production values are unreal for Thailand, using a soft lens, diffuse lighting, and a nostalgic atmosphere, paying close attention to framing, and forgetting neither background nor close-focus expressive detail. It’s a remarkable piece of work. I caught no mistakes in makeup, wardrobe, body positioning, reflection, or boom mic placement - so they clearly had continuity eyeballs during filming and on final product (which most Thai BLs don’t spring for). So yeah, the filming, directing, and acting is insanly good, but what’s really stand out in ITSAY from a film perspective is their smooth as butter invisibly perfect editing. Post production on this series must have been a BEAST.

7. Your Name Engraved Herein

(Taiwan 2020 Netflix)

This movie is fantastic but it is also seriously depressing, it’s a self acceptance journey, but if you wanna wallow in high quality acting and serious gay drama, this’ll do it. 

8. Goodbye Mother AKA Thua Me Con D 

(Vietnam 2019 Netflix)

Like YNEH or Dew, this is a great movie but it deals openly with homophobia, bashing, family trauma, and social acceptance. 

9. His the series 

AKA His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta AKA I Didn’t Think I Would Fall In Love

(Japan 2019)

Boy goes to visit his absent father, ends up kinda homeless on the beach, gets adopted by local family, falls in love with the boy working and living with them. Lots of long drawn out glances. 

10. I Want to See Only You

AKA Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai (Japan 2022 grey)

This is a beautiful piece of cinema well acted, about two boys who are opposite personalities and grew up together. Gifted and serious Sakura (Kura Yuki from His the series) and outgoing eccentric manic pixie dream boy, Yuma. It is very pretty and this is the kind of atmospheric elegantly performed BL that only really comes from Japan (complete with dead fish kisses - what you though Korea invented them? oh no). For me it was lovely but slightly unmemorable. Full review here. 

More Like This From Japan 

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru (Japan 2020) - obsession, cheating, breakup, reunion, then break up again, explicit.

Does the Flower Bloom? (Japan 2018) - May/December romance about an artist student, the house he inherits from his dead parents. and all the people around him who are obsessed with him, including an older man.

Junjou: Pure Heart (Japan 2010) - I shoudl probably rewatch this one, it’s been a while. 

Silhouette of Your Voice AKA Hidamari ga Kikoeru (Japan 2017) - It’s not as good as any of us wanted given the beautiful glory of the original manga (I Hear the Sunspot). Also it doesn’t really end happily. Disappointing. 

Eternal Yesterday AKA Eien no Kino (Japan 2022 Gaga) - After Mitsuru’s cheerful outgoing boyfriend Koichi is killed but stay’s walking around, everyone else begins to forget about him. Mitsuru recalls their romance while trying to understand what’s going on, hold onto his love, and come to terms with loss and identity. Sad and creepy but somehow still beautiful, Japan spending all its pennies on pain. 

Darker BLs and more thoughts on Moody Arthouse Smackdoodle here. 

Tangential blogs posts:

10 Best Uses of Cinematic Storytelling in BL

Top 10 Highest Production Values in Thai BL  

Some Noodling on BL Production Houses & Studios

This post the result of an ask from @theklutzymaniac, updated end of 2022. 

(source) 

[ciaomarie]

A fellow Sydcarmy truther (@chefkids) recently mentioned John Hughes's "Some Kind of Wonderful" to compare how both Sydney ( in online spaces) and Watts (in the movie) were accused of being lesbians, but are actually in love with their male best friend. Well, I hadn't seen it before and decided to make it my Friday night "homework". I'm such a dork!

Google's Movie Synopsis- Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson) with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson). However, his advances draw the ire of Amanda's snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), who makes plans to get even. Matters are further complicated when Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda.

The verdict: I REALLY LIKED IT!!! If you can get past the first 10 minutes of cheesy dialogue, the sincerity of this simple love story will carry you along. The chemistry between the cast was great and the ending predictable but well-deserved. I know I'll be spinning the block. It's free with ads on YouTube.

VIP of the Movie: Easily Watts, although the story revolves around Keith. Mary Stuart Masterson acted her FACE off. I really believed in her heart-shattering over and over. The girl can blush and tremble on command. These screenshots don't do her justice.

Back to the Sydcarmy assignment: The anti-shippers posit that Sydney might be gay, just as Watts was thought to be because of her tomboy aesthetic, fearless attitude and her obsession with the drums. Sydney is also lionhearted, narrowly focused on her ambitions, and her style is somewhat androgynous. None of those are traits of any particular sexuality. Obviously, it's possible Sydney likes women, but those locked gazes with Carmen, her subtle jealously of Claire, and THE TABLE SCENE beg to differ. As, Watts said " Ray, it's 1987. Did you know a girl can be whatever she wants to be?" 37 years later that still applies. As a 30+ nerdy woman who often doesn't wear makeup and whose "uniform" is joggers, sneakers, and a ponytail it's goofy to assume a woman's sexuality based on clothes, hobbies, or the ability to stand up for herself.

[adastra121]

Random Trivia about my Touchstarved MCs

I wanted to ramble about them. I don’t have too many details because I wanted them to be flexible for the MC’s canon characterization and backstories when the full game comes out, but there are some themes I wanted to play around with.

The order of their ages is the order the character backstories appear in the menu. Luneth (Unnamed) is 28, Alon (Hound) is 24, and Jin (Alchemist) is 21. I try to organize posts involving all of them in this order.

The creation of my characters was in the reverse order, though. I made Jin first (out of all of my OCs, he is the one that takes most after the Touchstarved MC’s canon characterization — reserved, cautious, a little snarky, at least on the inside, and desperate for a cure), Alon second (as a fail run MC, but then I got attached to the clown), and Luneth last (she was actually the last to receive her name, too. In my past posts, I just referred to her as [redacted] the Unnamed, as a reference to another game that’s now shut down 😞).

Jin is the least physically coordinated of my MCs, he has been a bookish homebody his whole life. He gets winded from running a block. He would have died from the Soulless twice were it not for the power of being the main character. He is the MC who does not know how to swim.

That was probably at the forefront of his panic when he almost fell into the Seaspring, not falling into the ambiguously red, spooky supernatural pool, but just…falling into a pool, period.

In addition to being the most restless, Alon is the most physically coordinated. They’re skilled at scaling buildings, parkour, dancing, sleight of hand, and street fighting. They’d be the most capable of outrunning a Soulless…but they’re also the MC most likely to try fighting a Soulless, so…yeah. Both Jin and Alon could have died from the Soulless in the demo.

Luneth is the most artistic out of my MCs. She paints, dances, and plays music as hobbies. They are an outlet for her, and a pathway of expressing her emotions whenever she struggles with words and action. I think she’d have a nice singing voice.

By the end of the demo, Luneth (as the Unnamed MC) is probably the wealthiest of my MCs in Eridia’s special currency — information, that is. She has a sense that neither Kuras nor Mhin are entirely human, she knows that something powerful lives inside the Seaspring and probably suspects Ais isn’t the true leader, and she chose not to touch Leander’s hand, so…she knows that the green mage is a greater danger to her than he lets on.

Alon would probably be the MC of mine most likely to share a cigarette with Ais. Neither Jin nor Luneth smoke. Jin would try it once and hate it. Even so, Alon doesn’t smoke often, I think they’d sooner share a bottle of hard liquor with the demon.

Oh! If I sorted each of them with the Touchstarved characters as hangout groups: Alon, Leander, and Ais are the barhopping drinking buddies who have 3 a.m. adventures together ending with really greasy hangover food breakfast in the early morning. Jin, Mhin, and Kuras would form a small book club and discuss trashy mystery novels every week — either that or the alchemist lab buddies that conduct a different experiment together each time one of them asks a question. Luneth and Vere (possibly Elyon, too) are the artsy friends who attend musical performances together, like operas and concerts. During the day, they’d chill together in the drawing room, Vere sketching and Luneth practising on her lyre or harp.

They each have their own sense of humour.

I see Luneth as the type to have really subtle humour that you probably have to know her well to catch. It’s a lot of deadpan remarks that others have trouble telling whether she’s being sarcastic or not. Just imagine someone telling a dad joke in the most grave expression, like you’re explaining the end of the world.

Alon has a more goofy, cheery kind of humour. More theatrical. Lots of misdirection and bouncing from one topic to another.

Jin has a more lowkey sarcasm that is usually reserved to his private thoughts. He doesn’t usually like to make quips out loud, those are usually the moments he forgets himself. Think the inner thoughts of the protagonist in Ace Attorney games.

Luneth and Jin are both very similar and opposite characters. Luneth is more reticent and disciplined with her emotions, Jin tries to be the same but he is sensitive and emotional.  Luneth likes art (music, dance, painting), Jin likes craft (sewing, mixing tea blends, gardening). Luneth strives to find a greater purpose so her suffering meant something, Jin strives to be useful so as not to be a burden.

Control is a theme they share. They strive to have control over themselves, their emotions, their powers and their destinies, but for a large part of their lives, they were under someone else’s control. As a result of their mentors’ influence, they self-impose a lot of restraints. Luneth doesn’t allow herself to feel or yearn for anything aside from fulfilling her destiny. Jin constantly chastises himself for his feelings and actions.

Both of them tend to be reserved and prefer quiet spaces to loud and rowdy environments. I think they’d both enjoy nature walks.

Both of them are socially awkward from their lack of experience interacting with other people, though Jin is more socially anxious and Luneth is less concerned about what people think about her.

Luneth and Alon don’t seem like they would have any similarities, but they surprisingly have a few? In both backstories, they were robbed of their choice. Jin is the only of my MCs who left his old life willingly (even though he has regrets). Luneth had chosen to stay with her temple until the one she loved betrayed her and destroyed it. Alon was betrayed and robbed by a crew she would have given all her cure money to, anyway.

They are both drawn to music. Even though Alon can't carry a tune to save their life, she still enjoys singing and playing music — I think they’d be good at drumming though. Luneth uses music as an outlet for her emotions and a way to ground herself — she is trained with the lyre and the harp, and she takes her playing very seriously. They both enjoy dancing, with Luneth being classically trained and Alon being self- and community- taught with a natural sense of rhythm.

Also, I can see both of them as the types to fight god. Alon is the type to fight god for the people they love, Luneth is the type to fight god for whatever cause she devotes herself to, whether it is a belief or a person. And she’d win, because she does not engage in fights unless she is certain she will emerge the victor (but perhaps that will change depending on the romance route).

Both have a bad habit of suppressing their emotions. Luneth does it by wearing a mask of indifference, Alon deflects from their hurt and sorrow with humour.

Alon and Jin have a bunch of obvious differences. Alon is more outgoing, and experienced with the world. Jin is more reserved and sheltered. Alon is more physically affectionate, Jin avoids physical touch whenever he can. 

That being said, they’re both curious and they both have a tendency to ramble. I feel like if they met each other, they could talk for hours, one of them transforming into an entire encyclopedia on the one specific topic and the other bouncing from tangent to tangent and then circling back to the first as if they never left.

Those two MCs also don’t have the highest sense of self-worth.

It seems that all my MCs have a theme of love and choice, how love does not prevent you nor exempt you from hurting others. Jin’s magic mentor cared about him but still abused him, Alon’s found family turned on them when her monstrous qualities were revealed, and Luneth’s first love betrayed her trust and destroyed her home.

Jin is the most likely to drink from the Seaspring. He views himself as a burden, a monster, and he’s the MC who most fears being selfish and having that selfishness hurt others. So if it comes down to it, he would give his soul to protect the greater good.

Alon is the least likely to drink from the Seaspring because she values their freedom too much. Luneth is just very unlikely to drink from the Seaspring. If she ever does, it will only be because she truly believes herself capable of controlling it. And that’s unlikely. So yeah, she wouldn’t drink from the Seaspring.

Luneth is the most likely to succeed at ridding herself of her curse. I think out of all my MCs, if the MC actually does get rid of their curse, I would be most satisfied with that playing out in Luneth’s story. Her whole identity and worth has been tied to her “gift” for so long, I think letting go of it and exploring the possibilities of who she is without it would be narratively satisfying for her.

Alon is the most likely to learn to live with the curse. Compared to my other MCs, she’s probably the most chill about their curse — yeah, it brings madness and terror, but it’s also something they’d learned to live with around other people already. They learned the safe ways to give physical affection, they even turned their curse into a last resort plan of escape, allowing them some control over how they use it and when.

For Jin, I would like him to learn to live with his curse, accept it as a part of him that has the potential to cause harm but doesn’t mean his very existence is a threat to others. I just want his journey to end with self-acceptance, accepting the parts of himself that he sees as monstrous, letting go of his fear and shame, and learning to love himself. 

For all my MCs, I can see either working as a narratively satisfying ending, though. Luneth learning to live with her curse but not be defined by it, Alon having the same “What now? What’s next?” experience as Luneth after finally fulfilling their promise, Jin being free of his fear, being able to experience love and affection without worrying about hurting someone with it.

Sometimes, I like to imagine the Unnamed, the Hound, and the Alchemist were all in the caravan together with the same goal of getting rid of their curse. None of them told the others their secret, though — they all have reasons to distrust the others. Whichever backstory you picked is the only one of them who survived. But maybe if they’d told the others about their curse, found others like them, they could have found a way to survive together.

I know that it’s probably supposed to be the same MC, only with a different backstory, but it feels tragic if they’re all different characters and they all exist in the same universe — it’s just that the one we play is the only one who actually gets a chance at a happy ending.

Can you imagine, playing the alchemist who's just escaped their mentor's manipulation to end up in the same caravan headed to the same place with the same goal as the exiled thief who's just been betrayed by their dearest friend and the oracle-in-training who's found out that their entire purpose had been a lie? Sharing a space with other people in a similar situation with you, who can empathize with you, but you never even knew that path existed because you were the only one who survived.

Something mournful about lost potential or a journey being cut short.

Sometimes I do want to put my MCs together in the same story, though, because I think they’d be fun to play off each other. They all go looking for the cure to their curse together.

[bambisnc]

eunseok as hindi songs!

pushing my old (think black and white) hindi movie charming, quiet but equally playful, pro education and women's rights ™ kinda male lead eunseok agenda

maana janab ne pukara nahi has this fun vibe which is so fitting because yes he'd be super teasing but somehow also successfully manage to announce to everyone listening how you're like 24/7 on his mind and how obsessed he is with you. the way the guy is trying to woo the girl in the movie; i just see him doing that so vividly ESPECIALLY how he steals her racket for a bit

similarly, accha ji mai haari (he just gives so dev anand core); the fun beats and chaotic vibes of the convo/lyrics WHEN HE DOES THAT FAKE ACCENT THING IN THE SONG it's literally eunseok. watch the mv and argue with the wall tysm and idk why but the lowkey pessimistic questions/debates he poses to the female lead seem so perfect for him

on a serious note, gum hai kisi ke pyaar mein oh my god. the tutor vibes; him helping you out with songwriting - you both know the other wants you but you're both too prideful to actually make something happen and hence you hide behind the symbolism and metaphors of the song :/

also him performing rimjhim gire sawaan at like a formal-ish event. his only purpose is for you to know how much he's fallen for you but ofc he can't tell you that.. lowkey thinking of this with him having feelings for you while you're betrothed to be with someone else... the classic forbidden love story which would obviously end with the two of you running away <3

also imagine him serenading you with a slower song like ye raatein ye mausam holy shit. the twinkly beats and the soft music siiiiighs. he might not be great with words when it comes to you; but eunseok will make his feelings known come hell or high water. and he'd do it in the most gorgeous, artsy way possible too

finally, a little more unplatonic (a lot.) and mischievous with something like ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si !!! the flirty tum hee kaho ye koi baat hai~ is literally him. he'd be so subtle with it but you know he's talking about you. also the idea of him working on/fixing your car while he sings this is so...

notes : hes so.... <3 + if ppl dont know a lot of these songs its mb guys 😭 my bsf is in her old hindi phase and so im in old hindi phase </3 + [m.list]

tags : @nicholasluvbot <3

[justsomefluff]

hello! are requests open? if yes can i request ateez reaction to you having dimples, please? I love your writing!

Dimples are the cutest you lucky duck! <3

Trigger Warning: use of term "love-handle"

Hongjoong:

your smile is his favorite of all your features

especially when he knows that he's the reason for it

and youre dimples just seal the deal

loves to leave little kisses on your dimples whenever they appear

like if youre watching a movie and theres a scene that upsets you

your dimples will appear when you purse your lips

and he's just gotta kiss em

also takes uber artsy photos of them

like if youre sleeping, he'll get his camera out

lowkey creepy lmao

but he will get really close to take a picture of like, the corner of your mouth and snap a picture the second a dimple appears

and they actually turn out really well and he gets them printed

carries one with him on tour

Seonghwa:

when he holds your face

hold on, give me a minute before I cry

he uses your dimples to put his thumbs in

calls them love handles

but on your face

because he can hold you so easy and comfortably

even if he can't see them because your face is relaxed

he will just put his thumbs there and wait

it's impossible not to smile when he does it

and if you're having a rough day and not in the mood to smile

you at least humor him and tense your cheeks so your dimples appear

I'm crying anyway don't touch me

Yunho:

okay I know he doesn't really have dimples

but when he smiles his cheeks fluff out and theres like

a place where his smile lines will form one day? when he gets wrinklies?

and he'll put your hands on his smile line thingies

and then he'll poke your dimples

and say that your dimples would fit in his smile lines

and his smile lines would spoon your dimples lmao

cute but lowkey crack

bc wtf is he talking about

he will proceed to launch into a rant about how every part of you guys fit together so naturally and perfect

gets cheesy with it really fast lol

Yeosang:

the babygirl-est of the babygirls

he has lil soft baby dimples yk?

like you really need to pay attention to see them

and he doesn't really care about his own anyway to be honest

but if you say you like his then he will drag you into a mutual obsession with each other's dimples

he starts drawing all his hehetmons with lil dimples omg

will draw smiley faces with dimples on sticky notes to leave on your stuff or around your apartment

will have his makeup artists highlight that feature of his

and if you wear makeup he'll ask you to do the same

enjoys when you point out his dimples in his fancams

San:

okay this boy got some DIMPS

if he notices that you have them too he's endlessly endeared

will do more subtle things to show his appreciation for them instead of outright telling you he loves them on you

will kiss them... but then also press kisses to the rest of your face

will trace them with his fingers... but then brush some hair behind your ear

not as subtle as he thinks though

when he's drunk, or so tired that he feels drunk, he will definitely tell you

like "you know my favorite part about your face"

excuse me, wtf

"your dimples"

oh

Mingi:

we all know he don't be wearin' his GLASSES

so literally won't notice you have dimples until like... week 3 of dating you

but when he does notice?

OMG why didn't you tell him sooner

rages on about how he's missing all the beauty in the world

can't believe he never noticed

becomes a lil playful argument about why he either needs to wear his glasses, or invest in some contacts

he refuses because he'd love you even if he couldn't see at all

wait... did you just say you love me?

Wooyoung:

listen

will bite you.

He will, I swear

notices a dimple one day and the cuteness aggression is just too overwhelming

puts his teeth on your cheek and sees if his teeth fall into your dimple oh so perfectly

and they do

will make it a little game

will tell you to stop smiling and then gently put his teeth on your cheek and tell you to smile again

just to see if he can guess where your dimple shows

definitely an activity he gets a little overzealous about when he's drunk lmao

Jongho:

gentle sweet boy

will never tell you that he loves your dimples while you're paying attention nono

closeted soft boy

will trace them and kiss them while you're sleeping though

or at least while he thinks you're sleeping mwahaha

but you'll never tell him you know he does that because you never want him to stop

you may also notice that his lockscreen is always a photo where your dimples are extremely obvious

but please don't tease him he'll cry

[sea-glass-and-fire]

okay fantasy high squad:

for my birthday, i want to make my friend a fantasy high themed linocut print t-shirt. ideally it would be an illustration of a single thing, and it would be subtle enough that people wouldn't ask about it. the problem is, I can't think of anything to actually put on it! so far i'm thinking shrimp? (i think a linocut of a shrimp is just weird and artsy enough that people wouldn't bat an eye.) any other ideas?

[realcleverissues]

While I like this alleged tale of an open-minded extrovert, I don't quite buy it.

A fully grown adult who doesn't already know that quiet people have big ideas? A teacher, no less?!

No. I don't buy it.

What I think happened is that Walz saw a student screaming in their teenage way that they felt they weren't being heard. So he listened. He asked her about her feelings. He gave her a chance to express herself, to be taken seriously by adults, to even build a relationship.

I suspect Walz has always been an open-minded extrovert. What I didn't expect was how sensitive he is to the subtle cries of help from others.

And the fact that OP still thinks that Walz was listening that intently bc he was 'unfamiliar with this idea', I think shows just how much effort he put into listening and respecting this young, quiet, artsy student, even as he was coach of football team.

This is an exceptional man. I'm so happy he's on the ticket.